Transforming conflict on an interpersonal, community, and organizational scale.

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Conflict resolution skills are essential for forging and stewarding successful relationships between people, communities, and organizations. Columbia University’s Master of Science in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution prepares students to analyze the root causes and dynamics of conflict and to transform disputes through reasoned and resourceful interventions. This requires creative use of theoretical understanding, communication, and problem-solving skills, and the sheer tenacity to work through the many issues that can complicate negotiations. With courses led by some of the world’s premier scholar-practitioners in negotiation and conflict resolution, the program focuses on developing self-awareness and interpersonal competency, building common ground, opening lines of communication, ensuring representation and recognition, building lasting relationships, and the ability to build sustainable possibilities for resolution .